cars and trucks are lethal weapons which allow dangerous drivers to get away with murder, said a leading road safety campaigner yesterdayin this part of the world a potential aggressor can literally get away with murderhis charm and the fact that he is so likeable allow him to get away with murder

transitive verb

1[+person]asesinar;matar;ultimar; (LAm)

the murdered manel hombre asesinado

the murdered womanthe body of a murdered religious and political leadera thriller about two men who murder a third to see if they can get away with it

we got murdered by United last Saturdayhe got up on the stage and proceeded to murder a piece of Chopinlinguistic purists are accusing the French authorities of sitting by while their language is murdered

3(really enjoy)

I could murder a beer/a cup of teadaría cualquier cosa por una cerveza/una taza de té

intransitive verb

cometer asesinatos;matar

what is it that leads people to murder?they laid waste the country, murdering, raping and pillaging as they went

modifier

murder case (n)caso (m) de asesinato or homicidio

she is the suspect in a murder casehe is famous for solving murder casesyou can't prove a murder case without the body

murder charge (n)acusación (f) por asesinato or homicidio

he is wanted on murder chargeslo buscan por asesinato

women undergoing abortions could face capital murder chargesthe murder charge against Beckwith was dismissed in 1969murder inquiry, murder investigationthey were probing the death but stressed it was not a murder investigationwe've absolutely no hard evidence to warrant a murder investigation

Murder Squad (n)brigada (f) de homicidios

murder squad detectives searched his homethe investigations are being conducted not by the CID or the ordinary murder squad but by Chief Inspector Brian King of the Special Branch

murder trial (n)juicio (m) por asesinato

she is sceduled to testify in a murder trialthe Charles Manson murder trial

murder victim (n)víctima (f) de un asesinato or homicidio

murder victim Helen Gorrie's killer should hang, says her fatherKevin mckearney, 32, became Ulster's first murder victim of the New Yearthey retraced the last steps of the murder victim

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